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Dere's no guy livin' dat knows Brooklyn t'roo an' t'roo . . . It'd take a guy a lifetime . . . an' even den, yuh wouldn't know...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Miami in Flatbush | 4/7/1958 | See Source »

...quite forgot") and the tantrums of his little friends ("What is the matter with Mary Jane?") worked their way into the repertory of mothers, nannies and children on both sides of the Atlantic. Billy's stuffed animals came to life as Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo. As if these animals were not enough, Milne invented some others, e.g., the Heffalump and "a sort of a something which is called a wallaboo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: A Man Who Hated Whimsy | 2/13/1956 | See Source »

...opinion as a native of Kokomo (rhymes with ho-ho-ho) is that a rhyming dictionary ain't a good thing to tour Indiana with. In that state, where Peru rhymes with Pee-roo, Brazil rhymes not so much with Hazel as Bray-zill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Mar. 28, 1955 | 3/28/1955 | See Source »

...twilight at Dienbienphu. Narrow-eyed with loss of sleep, the French sentries peered through the monsoon haze towards the Communist trenches less than roo yards away. All was quiet, and the tired 10,000-man garrison hoped for a fair night's rest. At GHQ in Hanoi, an officer reported: "Lull at Dienbienphu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INDO-CHINA: Near the End | 5/10/1954 | See Source »

...vague, wishful and widely held notion that the U.S. is steadily overtaking Russia's military head start. In effect, said Elder Statesman Baruch, the U.S. is complacently counting birds in the bush where it should be after birds in the hand. "Since the outbreak in Korea, more than roo billions have been appropriated for defense-an enormous sum. Why has it produced proportionately so little in the way of actual weapons...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MOBILIZATION: We Are Losing | 6/9/1952 | See Source »

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